The Syracuse area has among the very lowest housing foreclosure rates in the nation, according to RealtyTrac Inc., an online provider of foreclosure real estate listings.

One of every 2,254 homes — just 0.04 percent — in the Syracuse metropolitan area were in foreclosure in the first quarter, RealtyTrac said.

That gave the area the 203rd lowest foreclosure rate among the 206 metro areas around the country that had at least one home in foreclosure during the first three months of the year and have a population of at least 200,000.

The Utica-Rome area had the nation’s lowest foreclosure rate — just one of every 12,369 homes. or 0.008 percent.

Las Vegas posted the highest rate, with one of every 28 housing units, or 3.51 percent, in foreclosure.

RealtyTrac said California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona accounted for all top 20 foreclosure rates in the first quarter even while the majority of those top metros reported decreasing foreclosure activity from the first quarter of 2009.